Create your future

​Discovery workshops for girls, parents and teachers

WISE delivers workshops to inspire girls into careers in engineering, construction and the built environment.

“Today was a good experience because you learn about how you don’t have to take only the academic routes, you can take other routes and more practical routes like apprenticeships and still end up in the same place.”

Read the news article about the latest event with UK Power Networks in Norwich

The workshops are highly interactive; girls, parents and teachers have an opportunity to find out about the wealth of exciting opportunities open to young people to work in engineering and construction and the different qualifications available. Participants also get to meet prospective employers and young women who have chosen careers in these sectors, to find out what they actually do and why they love their jobs.

The events are targeted at girls aged 15-22 who have or are likely to achieve at least 5 GCSEs at Grade A*-C including English, Maths and at least one science subject. Girls who like finding out how things work, solving problems, are creative, great communicators and team players would do well in engineering and the built environment. An aptitude for Maths (ideally Grade B or above) and science obviously helps.

"I really liked asking people about their job and their careers and what they find interesting. It’s not just about your academic ability, it’s also about your social ability, you don’t just have to do A levels or have to be really smart, you can do an apprenticeship and still end up in the same place.”

Learning points from the workshops:

"Just because we’re girls, it doesn’t mean we’re necessarily girly and even if we are, doesn’t mean engineering is not for us."

"Engineer’s job is a mix of science and creativity."

"You don’t need to be a genius to be an engineer."

"Don’t have to have a degree to do engineering."

"Not only men do it!"

Future Events

See our events page for upcoming workshops and if you would like to run this event in your area, please contact us.

WISE would like to run similar events across the UK, focusing on different sectors that are looking for a more diverse apprenticeship pool. Please contact us to discuss.